Equivalent ratios
What Equivalent ratios means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Equivalent ratios
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Ratios representing the same multiplicative relationship, obtained by multiplying or dividing every entry by the same non-zero factor.
Ratios describing the same multiplicative relationship, obtained by scaling every entry by the same positive factor.
Topics that use Equivalent ratios
- Number - Fractions, decimals and percentages (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Ratio, proportion and rates of change (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Part-to-part fraction
- Part-to-whole fraction
- percentage
- percentage multipliers
- Ratio
- reverse percentages
- Scale factor
- simplest form
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